It was a natural reaction to being so close to her. Her tongue was sweet on my mouth and occasionally I’d hear her tongue ring flick against her tee...h and it created an instantaneous response between my legs. It made me press my crotch harder onto her leg. She responded instantly by pressing her leg firmly between my legs, spreading me open and giving my some counter pressure to all the feelings I was having inside. I was absolutely drunk with her and drinking in more and more and more. I. Don’t want to look after a child all week and then he goes off to his real mom for the weekend, gets spoiled rotten, and I have to pick up the pieces every Monday. Like you, I hadn’t thought that one through until I was faced with the choice. Damn, what you just said, I hadn’t considered that either – what if I find a great guy but he’s had a vasectomy that can’t be reversed? Jeez! This is so fricking difficult.”We were both silent for a while. Damn, it had suddenly gotten serious again, just. I went ahead and built a storage bin out of saplings and rough planks. It was a rushed job and there were gaps between the boards when we finished, but it would suffice for the time being.When Fort John heard that we had coal, they asked to buy two wagons full for their blacksmith to save them the trouble of finding enough lumber to make charcoal. They also let us know that a wagon train with about a thousand people and a hundred wagons planned to leave Elm Grove, Missouri on the twenty-second. They were both getting pedicures and manicures; mani-pedi's he believed they called them. They jabbered back and forth like school girls. Ellie caught a glimpse of him and she raised her free hand to wave. Her mother looked to see who had caught her daughter's eye. Stan's eyes met Ellie's mother's eyes and they shared a moment of searching inquisition. He saw Ellie speaking to her mother as if to explain who he was and why she knew him. He had no idea what she told her, but that uncomfortable.